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Lord have mercy. Apache XTable.

Just got done testing Apache XTable … not impressed. Article coming soon.

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Bonds. Critical or a Drag?
Delta Lake vs Iceberg. UniForm and Unity Catalog.

Two underrated skills, ownership and resilience in the face of difficulty

On ownership and emotional resilience
Your Limiting Factor (in Software)
Behold your savior. The Emergency Fund.
Bespoke vs Managed Data Platforms

Catalogs are the future of data. I tried out DuckDB and Polars integrations with Unity and Delta Lake. You might be surprised at the results.

Polars and DuckDB release Unity Catalog (Delta Lake) integrations. Who lied? Who didn't?

I’m going to speak on the topic of AWS Lambda + Lambda in the Lake House context, with tools like Polars, DuckDB, Daft, and Rust.